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 518 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 517. 1898. final determination of said claim; and in the event that any moneys are awarded to the Muscogee or Creek Nation, or individuals thereof, by the United States, provision shall be made for the immediate pay- ment of the same by the United States. J wu-i¤•1i¤¤i¤¤ of JUBISDICTION OF comers. courts. ..n¤au»a sues. 32. The United States courts now existing, or that may hereafter be °"‘“'*“· created in the Indian Territory, shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies growing out of the title, ownership, occupation, or use of real estate in the territory occupied by the Muscogee or Creek Nation, and to try all persons charged with homicide, embezzlement, bribery and embracery hereafter committed in the territory of said Nation, without reference to race or citizenship of the person or persons charged with any such crime; and any citizen or officer of said nation charged with any such crime shall be tried and, if convicted, punished -·Iudian mm. as though he were a citizen or officer of the United States; and the courts of said nation shall retain all the jurisdiction which they now have, except as herein transferred to the courts of the United States. Enactments vf M- ENACTMIENTS OF NATIONAL COUNCh. tional council. .m¤,em.,m be ag- 33. No act, ordinance, or resolution of the council of the Muscogee ggglfd by “‘° P'“or Creek Nation in any manner aifectiug the land of the nation, or of individuals, after allotment, or the moneys or other property of the nation, or citizens thereof (except appropriations for the regular and necessary expenses of the government of the said nation), or the rights of any person to employ any kind of labor, or the rights of any persons who have taken or may take the oath of allegiance to the United States, shall be of any validity until approved by the President of the United States. When such act, ordinance, or resolution passed by the council of said nation shall be approved by the executive thereof, it shall then be the duty of the national secretary of said nation to forward same to the President of the United States, duly certified and sealed, who shall, within thirty days after receipt thereof, approve or disapprove the -r¤b¤¤¤¤i¤¤- same, and said act, ordinance, or resolution, when so approved, shall be published in at least two newspapers having a bona tide circulation throughout the territory occupied by said nation, and when disapproved shall be returned to the executive of said nation. Miscellaneous. MISCELLANEOUS. Lands not sultiect 34. Neither the town lots nor the allotment of land of any citizen of
 * {,,°‘QQ‘;';“;;}f”°'*" the Muscogee or Creek Nation shall be subjected to any debt contracted

by him prior to the date of his patent. raymem. . 35. All payments herein provided for shall be made, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, into the United States Treasury, and shall be for the benefit of the citizens of the Muscogee or Creek Nation. All payments hereafter to be made to the members of the said nation shall be paid directly to each individual member by a bonded oliicer of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, which officer shall be required to give strict account for such disbursements to the Secretary. iumnmn. 36. The United States agrees to maintain strict laws in the territory of said nation against the introduction, sale, barter, or giving away of liquors and intoxicants of any kind or quality. rnnai smts cm- 37. All citizens of said nation, when the tribal government shall ‘““'”‘Y'· cease, shall become possessed of all the rights and privileges of citizens of the United States. arming mana. 38. This agreement shall in no wise ailect the provisions of existing treaties between the Muscogee or Creek Nation and the United States, except in so far as it is inconsistent therewith.